CPU
Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core 3.7GHz
AMDGPU
Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB
AMDRAM
16 GB
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Gaming PC build Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB, Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core 3.7GHz, 16GB performance review
According to the top 1000 recommended requirements for PC games a PC with a Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core 3.7GHz processor, a Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB graphics card and 16GB RAM is better performing than 561 games from that list. The main hardware in this PC puts the Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB as a bottleneck component. If this was upgraded then the system could increase the number of games it could run to 993 at recommended requirement.
Hardware performance for these gaming components can be compared to one of todays most popular games, Cyberpunk 2077. In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 46 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Cyberpunk 2077 then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 92 FPS or the Medium returning 72 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 49 FPS and then Ultra gets 35 FPS.
2nd most popular game: Valheim - In summary, 1440p resolution shows itself to be the optimum performance vs visuals for the Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB. While it can certainly get a strong 1080p Ultra of 49 FPS, if you want to move up to 1440p on Valheim then we can see 1440p Low setting getting 98 FPS or the Medium returning 77 FPS. Change graphics settings up to High for 52 FPS and then Ultra gets 37 FPS.
3rd most popular game: Assassins Creed: Valhalla - In summary, while some might be tempted to play Assassins Creed: Valhalla in 1440p resolution with the Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB, we feel it is best placed at running at 1080p, where you could get the following frame rates - Low setting: 73 FPS, Medium setting: 63 FPS, High setting: 54 FPS, Ultra setting: 37 FPS.
Radeon RX 480 Asus ROG Strix OC 8GB